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===Signed spoken languages===

These systems ("[[Signed English]]", "Signed German" and so on) were the vehicle for the world-wide explosion of MCLs in the second half of the 20th century. TheyThe buildaim to upbe a word-for-word representation of the spoken language (orespecially its written form), languageand accordingly require the development of an enormous vocabulary. They usually acheive this by taking signs ("[[lexicon]]") from the local deaf [[sign language]] andas a base, then adding specially-created signs for words and word endings that don't exist in the deaf sign language, often using "initialisations" and spelling. Thus "Signed English" in America (based on [[American Sign Language|ASL]]) has a lexicon quite different to "Signed English" in the[[Great UKBritain|Britain]] (based on [[British Sign Language|BSL]]), as well as the Signed Englishes of Ireland, Australasia and South Africa.

===Cued Speech===

Another widespread approach, [[Cued Speech]], is a visual representation of the [[phoneme]]s (sounds) of a spoken language. As the entire set of phonemes for a spoken language is small (English has 35 to 45, depending on the [[dialect]]), the system is relatvely easy to adapt for other languages. As of [[2006]], 60 languages or dialects have Cued Speech systems, though many are not in use or in marginal use.

Another popular system that has been adapted for many languages is [[Cued Speech]], which is a manual supplement to [[lipreading]] than a full Manually Coded Language. Cued Speech uses a limited number of handshapes and locations near the mouth to differentiate between sounds not distinguishable from on the lips. When viewed together with lip patterns, the system renders all [[phoneme]]s of the spoken language intelligible visually.

AnotherCued popularSpeech systemcan thatbe hasseen been adapted for many languages is [[Cued Speech]], which isas a manual supplement to [[lipreading]] than a full Manually Coded Language. Cued Speech uses aA limited number of handshapes (representing [[consonant]]s) and locations near the mouth to(representing [[vowel]]s) differentiate between sounds not distinguishable from on the lips. When viewed together with lip patterns, the system renders all [[phoneme]]s of the spoken language intelligible visually.

==List of manually coded languages==